Philipp goldmann



No. 230,770. Patented Aug. 3,1880.

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PHILIPP GOLDMANN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,770, dated August3, 1880. Application filed June .23, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIPP GOLDMANN, a citizen of the German Empire,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Caps, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention consists in the combination, with a cap or hat having aflexible crown, of a tip or lining comprising a side part of hairclothor other like material, a top part, and a spring or reed at the junctionof such two parts for the purpose of supporting the crown both in avertical and horizontal direction.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in whichFigure 1 shows it applied to a cap. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of aportion of the crown on a larger scale than in the previous figure.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The letter A designates the crown, and B the tip or lining, comprising aside part, I), a top part, (I, and a'reed or spring, a.

The crown A is made/of a flexible material, as cloth, and in thisexample the article of which it forms a part is what is known as afatigue-cap for Knights Templar. The tip or lining B is fitted into thecrown A, and its side part, b, is composed of hair-cloth or othermaterial of a similar nature, while it is stitched to the crown, as atc, Fig. l, for the purpose of keeping the tip or lining in place.

The top part, (I, of the tip or lining is made of buckram, but any otherfibrous or textile material may be substituted therefor; and the reed orspring a consists of a sprip of whalebone or other stiff elasticmaterial. This reed or spring a is situated at the junction of the sidepart, b, with the top part, d, of the tip for lining, and it is held inplace by a line of stitches, c, which serve also to connect the parts I)d with each other, the arrangement of these stitches being as follows,viz: The side part, b, is folded and the spring or reed a is laid in itsfold. The top part, 01, is then bent over the reed-inclosingtbld of theside part, and the stitches c are made through the whole, as indicatedin Fig. 2.

On the inside of both parts b d of the tip or lining I usually apply afacing of silk or the like.

It will be seen that the reed or spring aforms a support for the crown Ain a horizontal direction. while the hair-cloth composing the side part,I), is an effective support thereto in a vertical direction, and hencethe crown is kept in shape under all conditions.

I am aware that it is old to combine with a cap or hat a tip having areed or spring for the purpose of-distending or supporting the crown ina vertical direction. Such springs, however, are objectionable onaccount of their weight and their liability to get out of order, besidesshowing on the outside of the cap or hat, whereas the hair-clothcomposing the side part, b, of my cap or hat is destitute of theseobjections, and effectual! y answers the purpose of the spiral springs.

What I claim is The combination, with a cap or hat having a flexiblecrown, of a tip or lining comprising a side part of hair-cloth or ,otherlike material, a top part, and a spring or reed at the junction of suchtwo parts, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILIPP GOLDMANN.

LL. s.]

